Family Tree (from Wikipedia.org, scroll to Heritage section)
Burial Place of Rav Chaim Volozhiner, the Rav's Great, Great, Great, Great Grandfather (from Yeshiva Ahavas Torah Baranovich, Jerusalem)
Volozhin Yeshiva (from jewishgen.org)
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| The Netziv, the Rav's Great Great Grandfather | Rav Yoseph Dov Soloveitchik (Beit HaLevi), the Rav's paternal great grandfather |
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| Rabbi Eliyahu Feinstein, the Rav's maternal grandfather | Rav Chaim Soloveitchik, the Rav's paternal grandfather |
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| Rav Moshe Soloveitchik, the Rav's Father | The Brisker Rav, Reb Velvel Soloveitchik, the Rav's Uncle and Rav Moshe Soloveitchik's brother |
The Rav had four siblings: Samuel (1909-1967), Aaron (1917-2001), Shulamith (Meiselman, b. 1912), and Anne (Gerber, b. 1915).
Rav Aaron Soloveitchik
Video of Rav Aaron Lecturing About Hebron
Rav Shmuel Soloveitchik, the Rav's brother
"But some of these informal educational experiences even took place during class. My most vivid recollection was during my freshmen chemistry class. We had the privilege of having the famous Dr. Samuel Soloveichik as our professor; we fondly called the Rav's brother "Solly" when we were not in class. Dr. Soloveichik was quite nervous and I can still picture the chemistry room on the fourth floor of the original main building. On occasion he ran experiments in the class and all those in the first row had a tendency to move their desks towards the rear as he lifted the beaker of Hydrochloric Acid to pour into another substance. But the incident which always comes to my mind was not a laboratory mishap. It was the middle of the winter and our chemistry class took place between 5 and 6 pm. In the midst of one class, Dr. Soloveichik stopped and asked us to excuse him for a few minutes. He proceeded to a corner of the room when we realized he was davening Maariv. When he finished, he opened a thermos and poured himself a cup of coffee. He explained he had been observing Yahrzeit that day, and, in the true Lithuanian custom, he had fasted. He did not want to miss the class, but he needed the drink to finish the lecture. To me this was the living embodiment of Torah u-Madda." From Out of Town to Yeshiva College, Stanley Raskas, YUCommentator, 2/15/05.
The Rav had three children: Atarah (Twersky), Haym, and Tovah (Lichtenstein)
Dr. Haym Soloveitchik, the Rav's Son (from Hauser Global Law Program)
(Photo courtesy of Yeshiva University)
Some writings by Dr. Soloveitchik:
"RUPTURE AND RECONSTRUCTION: THE TRANSFORMATION OF CONTEMPORARY ORTHODOXY"
Clarifications and Reply [Reply to Chavel's On Haym Soloveitchik's "Rupture and Reconstruction: The Transformation of Contemporary Orthodox Society": A Response] (Torah U'Maddah Journal, Volume 7, January 1, 1997 in YUTorah.org)
The Jewish Wine Trade And The Origin Of Jewish Moneylending: Principles And Pressures
"Pietists and Kibbitzers," Jewish Quarterly Review - Volume 96, Number 1, Winter 2006, pp. 60-64
